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Manchester United’s win over Roma in last night’s UEFA Champion’s League quarter final brought over 5.9 million adults on average to ITV1 between 7.30pm and 10pm.The victory gave the channel a 27.2% average viewing share over the period. However, the game’s preamble couldn’t compete with Albert Square and the return of Ricky and Bianca to… Continue reading Manchester United Triumph Proves A Winner For ITV1

Blinkx, the video search engine, has launched a free online movie channel.The BBTV initiative includes a partnership between Blinkx and UK indie film distributor Dogwoof, which will offer consumers a library of independent and world cinema films to choose from, as well as TV programmes provided by Blinkx’s existing partners.BBTV goes live today and uses… Continue reading Blinkx Launches Free Online Movie Channel

Interactive television is the best way to generate direct purchase, ahead of field marketing and email marketing, according to a recent survey conducted by the Direct Marketing Association.Meanwhile, TV and radio ads are the most effective means of generating retail traffic, closely followed by consumer magazines, the DMA found. Telephone calls, followed by interactive TV… Continue reading Study Finds Interactive TV Drives Consumer Purchase

The European Commission has opened an investigation into a planned government grant worth £14 million, intended to help Channel 4 complete the switch to digital TV.A report on MediaGuardian.co.uk says that Channel 4’s subsidy will be investigated by the commission to see whether it breaches European Union rules on state aid and would distort competition.In… Continue reading EC Investigates Channel 4 Switchover Grant

Absolute Radio has been selected as the preferred bidder to acquire Virgin Radio from Scottish media group SMG. According to a report in today’s Daily Telegraph, Absolute is believed to have made a cash offer and will enter talks with Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, which must approve the deal and the continued licensing of… Continue reading Absolute Selected As Virgin Radio Preferred Bidder

March saw the publication of the Advertising Association’s (AA) Advertising Forecast, researched and compiled by the World Advertising Research Center (WARC). The AA forecast that advertising expenditure in the UK will rise by 3.2% this year with outdoor & transport and the internet leading the growth (see UK Adspend To Rise 3.2%). In separate research,… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – March 2008

ZenithOptimedia has downgraded its UK TV adspend forecast for this year, after a disappointing first quarter and continued uncertainty in the global economy. Zenith’s Q1 adspend forecast predicts zero growth in TV adspend across 2008, down from a forecast of 2.2% growth in December. Zenith is also downgrading its forecast for outdoor ad spend in… Continue reading Zenith Downgrades UK TV Adspend Forecast

Richard Maddock, station director of Radio City, Liverpool’s biggest commercial radio station, discusses the past two years that he has been working on the launch of City Talk 105.9, Liverpool’s first speech only station, which launched at the end of January…The prospect of launching any kind of new radio station in a tough local market… Continue reading Talk Radio

GCap Media has accepted a £375 million takeover bid from rival company Global Radio.Global Radio, headed by former ITV chief executive Charles Allen, will pay 225p per share, with the conclusion of the deal last night heralding an end of four months of negotiations.Global made a first bid for GCap in December, of 190p per… Continue reading Global Radio To Acquire GCap For £375m

Sales from online shopping reached €18.5 billion (£12.8 billion) in the UK last year, according to a new report from Mintel.The company looked at retailing across five countries including the UK, Germany and France.The second biggest online spender in the Mintel report was Germany, with sales reaching €13 billion last year.It was followed by France… Continue reading UK Is Number One For Online Shopping